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Saturday, June 24, 2017

#WeWriWa The Protector: Got 'em #sfr

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors,the weekly hop for everyone who loves to read and write! Writers share an 8 to10 sentence snippet. Be sure to visit the other writers. You can find them here.This snippet is from my sci-fi romance, The Protector (An Outer Rim Novel). In last week's snippet, Rissa and friends arrived at spaceport to stop the traffickers from leaving. They've all donned similar outfits, including hoods and masks, nothing to identify them. Rissa and her bartender have gone inside the spaceport, while the others waited at the back door for her signal.

Kiran yanked the back of Rissa’s shirt
and hauled her behind a mech’s station. She was about to protest when she heard
the whoosh of the hangar doors—two distinct male voices sounded jubilant.

“Easy pickings,” one crowed.

“Except we nearly got caught with these
two,” the other said, “who’da thought they’d start searching so soon.”

Rissa peered around the tall tool chest
and nearly gasped out loud—two men each carried a limp boy under his arm heading for the Indigian transport. By the Exalted One, she had to stop them. When
she pulled the LZ-9 pistol out of the lower pocket of her trousers, Kiran
grabbed her shoulder . . . and held out her hood.

“Oh, all right,” she mouthed and
slipped it on—the mask didn’t fit well, and she had to adjust it so she could
see.

He grabbed her long braid, stopping her
again—when he tucked the braid inside her shirt, she shot him an angry look, angrier
at herself for forgetting.

Leveling her pistol at the men, she
stepped out, saying, “Where do you think you’re going?”

As always, apologies for the creative punctuation, which was done to keep within the sentence limit.

Who knew rescuing two girls from traffickers would bring down a world of hurt?

After tavern owner Rissa Dix rescues two girls from a slave ship, she must rally the townsfolk to prevent traffickers from returning. Mining heir Dillan Rusteran has loved her for years. Little do they know that by rescuing more children they're tangling with a galactic trafficking ring.

Diane Burton combines her love of mystery, adventure, science fiction and romance into writing romantic fiction.
For more info and excerpts from her books, visit Diane’s website: http://www.dianeburton.com